I say pop

5/4/2011 2:26:34 AM

I say soda

also in imitation of AndyMac...
If you say the word THOUGHT, does it rhyme with LOT? - No
How do you usually say the words DON and DAWN? - Different
How would you say HOCK and HAWK? - Different (AndyMac said "sameish")
What about COLLAR and CALLER? How do you say them? - Different (AndyMac said "almost the same")
When you say ON, does it rhyme with LAWN or with JOHN? - JOHN
The three words MARY, MERRY, and MARRY. How do you say them? - none of the above (MARY and MARRY are the same, but different from MERRY; AndyMac said "all the same")
What vowel sound do you use in the beginning of the word HORRIBLE? - as in HORSE
The words TENT and TINT. How do you typically say them when you are typically talking? - Different (AndyMac said "Almost the same")
Do you say the words HEEL and HILL alike or not? - Different
Do you say words like BATH, PASS, and STAFF with the same vowel as BAT, PACK, and TRAP? - Different
Do you say ABOUT and MOUTH with the same vowel sound as LOUD and DOWN? - Yes
Do you say RIGHT and PRICE with the same vowel sound as RIDE and PRIZE? - Yes (AndyMac said "No")
How do you say the first A in PASTA? - as in FATHER
If you say BAG does it rhyme with VAGUE? - No
You say "I," does it ever sound anything remotely like "ah"? - Never (AndyMac said "A lot")
How do you say the "oo" in ROOF? - as in FOOD (AndyMac said "Foot")
If you say BOTHER does it rhyme with FATHER? - Yes (AndyMac said "No")
and at the end I got "Northern"
which is reasonable considering that we answered differently on almost half of the questions

5/4/2011 2:36:01 AM

Crap I meant to say food, not foot.

5/4/2011 2:47:45 AM

I grew up in a small town in western NC saying pop pretty regularly, but being in the triangle this long has converted me to soda.

5/4/2011 2:56:18 AM

neutral


my 'new jersey' is diluted by my drawl

5/4/2011 4:09:42 AM

I got Boston...


JUST KIDDING....hahaha


but I do tell people I'm from Boston when I go new places just to see the WTF look on their faces

5/4/2011 6:37:26 AM

5/4/2011 6:41:38 AM

Quote :

"You people ashamed of your southern accents make me sick! As long as you don't say liberry, warsh, and nucular you're all good."

I'm halfway joking, just think its funny because I expected a lot more people on here to have country accents.

5/4/2011 8:17:10 AM

I'm sure I had a somewhat thick country accent growing up (grew up in extremely rural Eastern NC)...but it's pretty much non-existent these days with the exception of a few drawn out words that sneak out every now and then.

People who go home with me are amazed at how much different I sound than everyone else.

5/4/2011 8:25:14 AM

southern

shocker

5/4/2011 8:32:29 AM

middle of the road/no accent. Though sometimes if I'm around alot of southerners or alot of northerners I pronounce words differently

5/4/2011 8:40:31 AM

if im in like a job interview with people w/ a different accent than me, i enunciate a lot more, but if the other guy is a 'free-talker' then ill just relax to try not to out-enunciate him

5/4/2011 9:19:13 AM

Fact: Some people will think you are stupid if you have a southern accent. It is not the fault of the southerner but it might be a good idea to work on your accent especially if you are on the phone a lot or go on business trips. My dad is in sales and had to do this, that may be why I sound different from the people I grew up with.

I can't stand yankee accents and will run away from them at the grocery store because they annoy me so much. It's just the way it is.

Personally, I want a Scottish accent.

5/4/2011 11:31:24 AM

Fact: everyone loves Australian accents

5/4/2011 11:43:00 AM

I just get a kick when I get a call from a tech recruiter these days. They are usually Indian and I swear they use some kind of voice software to make them sound more American. It sounds like a hybrid Apu / John Wayne talking to me on the phone. I think they use it at call centers too.

5/4/2011 11:47:06 AM

haha i just did a tech chat with a guy in India- I love how formal they are:

"And how are you doing this day?"

"I am so terribly sorry for the inconvenience you have incurred"


haha no american talks like this

5/4/2011 11:56:54 AM

british people do

PIP PIP CHEERIO

5/4/2011 11:58:27 AM

Quote :

"The three words MARY, MERRY, and MARRY. How do you say them?"

Interested to see who and why would say any of these differently.

Same with their, there, and they're

5/4/2011 12:00:18 PM

the "their's" there isn't that big of a difference for me, nor for Mary vs Marry, but I do say Merry slightly different

5/4/2011 12:01:53 PM

^
I say they're differently. "They-er".

5/4/2011 12:02:08 PM

Guy I work with says asshole like "Aye-yass-ole"

And he says it all the time

5/4/2011 12:06:26 PM

Daaiiiyyyyyuuuummmmbbbb

5/4/2011 12:10:12 PM

Apparently I am neutral

5/4/2011 12:24:38 PM

5/4/2011 3:23:12 PM

it said i was neutral

and that might have been true in the mid 90s when i was in radio and lived in the mid-atlantic

but good lord, since then

my southern birthright has been reclaimed a hundred fold

5/4/2011 7:58:25 PM